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CourtListener opinion 3140221

Citation: domestic relations order · Date unknown · US

Extracted case name
pending
Extracted reporter citation
domestic relations order
Docket / number
pending
QDRO relevance 5/5Retirement relevance 5/5Family-law relevance 5/5gold label pending
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Machine-draft public headnote: CourtListener opinion 3140221 is included in the LexyCorpus QDRO sample set as a public CourtListener opinion with relevance to pension / defined benefit issues. The current annotation is conservative: it identifies source provenance, relevance signals, and evidence quotes for attorney/agent retrieval. It is not a Willie-approved legal headnote yet.

Retrieval annotation

Draft retrieval summary: this opinion has QDRO relevance score 5/5, retirement-division score 5/5, and family-law score 5/5. Use the quoted text and full opinion below before relying on the case.

Category: pension / defined benefit issues

Evidence quotes

retirement benefits

he court: After a trial, the trial court dissolved the marriage of petitioner, Tara Menken, and respondent, George Menken, awarded maintenance and child support, and divided the marital assets. The court awarded petitioner, among other things, 60% of the retirement benefits respondent earned as a member of the Rockford police department. On appeal, respondent contends that the trial court lacked the authority to order him to sign a consent form authorizing petitioner to receive the retirement benefits directly pursuant to a qualified Illinois domestic relations order (QILDRO). See 40 ILCS 5/1--119(b)(1) (West 2000). We vac

pension

he order requiring respondent to sign the consent form and affirm in all other respects. The parties were married on August 4, 1973. Respondent had been a member of the Rockford police department since January 1977 and participated in the Rockford Police Pension Fund. At the time of the trial, the value of respondent's pension was approximately $2,250 per month. On December 5, 2000, the trial court issued its memorandum decision awarding petitioner \60% of [respondent's] retirement benefits

domestic relations order

ed as a member of the Rockford police department. On appeal, respondent contends that the trial court lacked the authority to order him to sign a consent form authorizing petitioner to receive the retirement benefits directly pursuant to a qualified Illinois domestic relations order (QILDRO). See 40 ILCS 5/1--119(b)(1) (West 2000). We vacate the order requiring respondent to sign the consent form and affirm in all other respects. The parties were married on August 4, 1973. Respondent had been a member of the Rockford police department since January 1977 and participated in the Rockford Police Pension Fund. At the time of the tr

Source and provenance

Source type
courtlistener_qdro_opinion_full_text
Permissions posture
public
Generated status
machine draft public v0
Review status
gold label pending
Jurisdiction metadata
US
Deterministic extraction
reporter: domestic relations order
Generated at
May 14, 2026

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Clean opinion text

No. 2--01--0610 
 
 ________________________________________________________________ 

 IN THE 

 APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS 

 SECOND DISTRICT 
 
 ________________________________________________________________ 

 In re 
 MARRIAGE OF ) Appeal from the Circuit Court 
 
 TARA MENKEN, ) of Winnebago County. 
 
 ) 
 
 Petitioner-Appellee, ) 
 
 ) No. 99--D--0174 
 
 and ) 
 
 ) 
 
 GEORGE MENKEN, ) Honorable 
 
 ) Steven L. Nordquist, 
 
 Respondent-Appellant. ) Judge, Presiding. 
 
 ________________________________________________________________ 

 PRESIDING JUSTICE HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court: 
 
 After a trial, the trial court dissolved the marriage of petitioner, Tara Menken, and respondent, George Menken, awarded maintenance and child support, and divided the marital assets.  The court awarded petitioner, among other things, 60% of the retirement benefits respondent earned as a member of the Rockford police department.  On appeal, respondent contends that the trial court lacked the authority to order him to sign a consent form authorizing petitioner to receive the retirement benefits directly pursuant to a qualified Illinois domestic relations order (QILDRO).  See 40 ILCS 5/1--119(b)(1) (West 2000).  We vacate the order requiring respondent to sign the consent form and affirm in all other respects. 
 
 The parties were married on August 4, 1973.  Respondent had been a member of the Rockford police department since January 1977 and participated in the Rockford Police Pension Fund.  At the time of the trial, the value of respondent's pension was approximately $2,250 per month. 
 
 On December 5, 2000, the trial court issued its memorandum decision awarding petitioner \60% of [respondent's] retirement benefits